India's foreign exchange reserves were US$ 393.29 billion as of the week up to December 21, 2018, as compared to US$ 393.12 billion over the past week.

Mutual Funds asset base stood at Rs 24.03 trillion (US$ 344.37 billion) at end of November 2018 as against Rs 22.24 trillion (US$ 318.64 billion) at the end of October 2018.

India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) advanced by 8.1 per cent year-on-year in October 2018, as against a rise of 4.5 per cent year-on-year in September 2018. The cumulative IIP growth for April-October 2018 was 5.6 per cent over the same period in 2017-18.

The eight key infrastructure sectors rose 4.8 per cent year-on-year in October 2018, with cement exhibiting the maximum growth of 18.4 per cent. The cumulative growth during April-October 2018 was 5.4 per cent.

Domestic passenger vehicle sales increased 4.9 per cent in April-November 2018 over the same period last year.

India's current account deficit (CAD) was 2.7 per cent during April-September 2018. The current account deficit (CAD) for the financial year 2017-18 stood at 1.9 per cent of GDP.

India’s Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation index increased by 0.1 per cent to 121.8 in November 2018 compared to 121.7 in October 2018.

India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate decreased to 2.33 per cent in November 2018 as compared to 3.38 per cent in October 2018.

Total value of Private Equity (PE)/venture capital (VC) investments reached a record high of US$ 26.8 billion in value terms in 2017. PE/VC investment recorded at US$ 27 billion during January-November 2018.

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